Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)

[freebeard]

One year at band camp the Oregon Country Fair I saw a VW crew-cab (dokka) with a fastback roof from a ~1950 Packard or Nash Aeroflyte graft on the back.

[freebeard]

I don't watch much TV ever, but I was at some friends' house when this was on American Pickers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnLI57uiKE

P-38 tank with internal ducts for the air cooling. Complete Indian drivetrain. Needs better brackets on the [non-Indian] cycle fenders.

I like the shape of that collar that transitions the seat into the hood.

[kach22i]

Despite the pan already kind of flat and smooth compared to other vehicles and that lowering this might have been more effective at getting a smaller "A"in CdA, I have to admire this effort.

https://saltflats.com/36_HP.html

[kach22i]

If you like kit cars, you have to click this link.

https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...dcrafted-cars/

[freebeard]

It's been a while. I see they've added cars for sale and posters in the right sidebar.


https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...uk-sports-car/

Now we see where Audi got the design feature for the R8.


https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...quivalent-day/

aerohead/Morelli approved hood vents

https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com...15/02/09/6.jpg


freebeard approved backlight. Plexiglass probably bent onto the bubble form.

[freebeard]

Untitled Document

"Jocko [Johnsons]'s Mercedes Benz Roadster"

So It's not a gull-wing coupe? The proportions look more like a Cheetah than the 300SL coupe.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Untitled Document

"Jocko [Johnsons]'s Mercedes Benz Roadster"

So It's not a gull-wing coupe? The proportions look more like a Cheetah than the 300SL coupe.

* Looks like you can see daylight, looking 'in' behind the front wheels, where naughty bits would reside if she were real.
* And the background grass is way out of proportion in scale, suggesting a model car.
* Glazings are opaque. If real, we'd see some interior detail of the cabin.
Wheels look out of focus and cartoon-ish.
* Nice model making though.
* The JOCKO dragster is real. I have photos of it competing.

[freebeard]

Jocko Johnson is one of my minor heros: Triple Nickel, etc.

Turns out he was a woodworker too?

https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=6236055


Sold for $4250.

[kach22i]

Article using Ecomodder template, picture below is of another project.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/occamsr...-template/amp/

[freebeard]

What interesting about that Miata top is that it appears to be a fiberglass top with an added fillet.